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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
May. 18, 2021
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Tatsunori Izawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Horie, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Furuya, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Ohwada, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Utsunomiya, Yokohama, JP;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a belt having a tubular shape and extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a longitudinal end, a drive roller to rotate the belt to convey a print medium between the drive roller and the belt, a bushing located at the longitudinal end of the belt, and a guide wall adjacent to the bushing. The belt is displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to the bushing. The bushing includes a shoulder adjacent to the longitudinal end of the belt and a stem extending from the shoulder to an inside of the belt to support the belt. The guide guides the bushing to move in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of the print medium when the belt moves toward the bushing. The stem of the bushing includes a convex portion that is in contact with an inner surface of the belt when the belt is displaced in the longitudinal direction.